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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop

Iowa rates for HCPCS A7527

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube plug/stop, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop cost?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.79$3.02 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.17 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $79Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.22
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.37
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.50

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Kansas than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$4.90

KS $5.75DE $2.57

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.